Naval Weather Service Association (NWSA)

 

 NAVAL WEATHER SERVICE ASSOCIATION

An association of Aerographers & Mates,
Meteorologists & Oceanographers

NEW FLAG FOR OCEANO

 OPNAV1NST 5300.1
The provisions of this instruction are applicable to the U.S. Navy

effective 1 October 2009

 

From: Chief of Naval Operations

 

Subj: THE INFORMATION DOMINANCE CORPS

Ref: (a) Title 10, U.S.C.

(b) U.S. Navy Regulations, 1990

(c) SECNAV1NST 12900.2

(d) OPNAV1NST 5430.480

(e I SECNAV1NST 5430.107

(f) SECNAVINST 3850.2C

(g) NAVPERS 158391

1. Purpose. To establish the Information Dominance Corps pursuant to the authorities contained in references (a) through (d). and provide guidelines concerning the corps.

 

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INFORMATION DOMINANCE WARFARE PIN

 

"The Information Dominance Corps will create a cadre of information specialists, who come with individual community identities and unite to be managed as a corps, developed as a corps, and to fight as a corps," said Vice Adm. Jack Dorsett, deputy chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance. "This warfare pin represents a command identity for the Information Dominance Corps."

The Information Dominance Corps will consist of more than 44,000 active and Reserve Navy officers, enlisted and civilian professionals who possess extensive skills in information-intensive fields to develop and deliver dominant information capabilities in support of U.S. Navy, Joint and national warfighting requirements. Theses fields include information professional officers, information warfare officers, naval intelligence officers, meteorological and oceanography officers, space cadre officers, aerographer's mates, cryptologic technicians, intelligence specialist, information systems technicians and civilian personnel."

The new officer insignia is a two and three-quarter inches by one and one-eighth inches, gold matte metal pin showing a background of ocean waves, a crossed naval officer's sword and lightning bolt with a fouled anchor and globe and will also be available in a miniature size.

The enlisted insignia is a two and three-quarter inches by one and one-eighth inches, silver oxidized metal pin showing a background of ocean waves, a crossed naval enlisted cutlass and lightning bolt with a fouled anchor and globe and will also be available in a miniature size.

Additional information is provided in NAVADMIN 058/10.